In this day and age, emotional regulation is hard. The canucks have taught me how to manage my emotions despite everything else going wrong and not making sense.
Always getting what you want makes you spoiled. Canucks have taught me how to be patient and accept delayed gratification. Still waiting....
Life is full of unexpected turns. Canucks have taught me that even when a new page is turned and life is full of hope, it's important to temper expectations because you never know what could go wrong next.
What realization/life lessons did the Canucks help you realize?
The Canucks have shown me that you can still love something, yet be constantly disappointed by it š
Really prepared you for parenthood.
Internally: C'mon man, you can't be bad at school and sports
Externally: love you buddy, good effort.
Only losers say winnings not everything.....now go put your PJ's on for story time.
That's why you focus on that when they are young.
I've seen a few dads over the years at the rink or the soccer pitch with that look in their eyes.
My kids have never disappointed me. Everyday is a new adventure.Ā
My ex already taught me that
The Canucks taught me you can be entirely incompetent at your job, and there will still be someone willing to pay you millions to do it.
The Canucks taught me that billionaires really are pieces of shit.
Is aqua a billionaire? I feel like itās chicken and egg. You gotta be a POS to get there.
His family would have billions in assets, but its not like Fransesco is Jim Pattison that built it all himself.
Oh you should a learned that loooong ago.
The Canucks taught me I'm too poor to be a real person.
Not even cashews?
My loyalty to the Canucks is how my girl knows Iād never cheat.
I told everyone that when Quinn leaves, I am leaving too.
I haven't watched a single Wild game after his first there. And I am back to suffering with this AHL team night in. Its not in the Canucks fans nature to leave.
Iāve checked out of the season and am not interested in watching the games anymore. Been a fan for 25 years and seen them through the WCE era, the Sedins, the Benning years and now this. If they donāt do this rebuild right and try another retool, Iām done. Seeing them perpetually suck while having no cap to improve because they keep retooling is precisely why they fail as a franchise.
I know so many people that moved on when Benning was hired and none have really come back.
If the Canucks screw this up again they'll miss out on capturing another generation of fans.
The more you suffer, the more it shows you really care right?
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The gratification is REALLY, REALLY delayed.
Thatās what she said!!
Have you read Fever Pitch? The constant misery of being an Arsenal supporter was so familiar for Nick Hornby that when Arsenal finally won it all, he lost all sense of purpose in life.Ā
That's what being a Canucks fan means to me. I identify with their misery so much that I'm almost grateful for it, like it's a warm blanket that keeps me cozy during winter nights.Ā
Reminds me of when Wile Coyote caught the Roadrunner.Ā
The journey really is the most fun part of it.
The Sedin era was magical even without the Cup.
Living on a different continent for a few years (right after 2011) where hockey was a lot more out of sight out of mind made me realize its only sports.
If the Canucks ever win the cup none of our names will be on it so just enjoy it for what it is.
Same. The Canucks taught me to manage my emotions by making me dead inside.
No need to manage what no longer exists.
The Canucks have taught me that there is āowning an NHL franchiseā kind of wealth, and then thereās āowning an NHL franchise and being able to afford a proper multi-year rebuildā kind of wealth.
On a serious level, psychology interests me a lot, and especially in the last few years Iāve been noticing a lot about sports fanbases. On the base layer you get unabashed tribalism, parasocial relationships, etc
Then you get emotional regulation stuff like coping mechanisms to intense games, how you handle losses/incidents, your franchise player possibly wanting to sign elsewhere, etc.
Also a lot around statistics and making predictions from them. Being a sports fan makes me want the K-12 education system to teach way more about basic statistics than they do. Sample sizes, biases, fallacies, etc.
I wrote a big comment and erased it because I didnāt think anyone would want to read my musings. I wanted to say, though, that I also find the psychology and use (or mis-use) of stats in sports endlessly fascinating. I am constantly trying to stop myself from being frustrated by the regular mis-characterization of a stat because I realize Iām probably doing it also. Weāre all somewhat trapped in bias but it feels completely unchecked and out of control in the age of alternative facts.
Very true. Blueberry family have small pockets, they have shown time and time again to be broke ass owners. Cheaping out on Canucks and their other businesses.
Liver Cancer, like Canucks fandom is a terminal condition. You have lots of hope that things will get better but at the end of the day after fighting hard and optimism, death is almost certain and the Canucks will do shit in the playoffs. Enjoy the ride while you can.
I expected nothing and im still let down
-Dewey. Malcom in the middle
You make an important point. I have a friend who is really struggling with the state of the world. It isnāt healthy but they allow themselves to be programmed by the news.
With the bombing of Venezuela I gotta say, concern with the state of the world does seem pretty rational.
Thereās always something man and there always has been. Doesnāt mean bury your head in the sand, but speaking of bombing, there is an incredibly famous work of British propaganda from WWII that some people could benefit heeding advice from.
Rational concern is healthy, letting it destroy your psyche is not
Could not agree more. Cheers.
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They taught me pain, suffering, denial and the world of BDSM.
Oh wait. Wrong subā¦. Nevermind.
I equate Canucks fandom to dudes that like to get their balls flogged.
Yes, master, Iām the wrong sub.
That the ultra rich donāt give a shit about anything other than exploiting the rest of us.Ā